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The Portland daily press., 1887-11-05
CHATHAM STREET SEWER.

Beginning in Chatham street us feet southerly
from the south line of Middle street, and feet east
Of the west line OF Chatham street; thence souiherly
through Chatham street and feet east Of said west
line distance of 20T feet thence with slight angle
70 LETT 435 feet to point the centre Of Chat
ham street. and 65 feet north Of north line of Fore
street, thence with to left 325 feet to sewer
in Fore street. Total length, 2S3 feet.
Sewer is of 10 in cement pipe for the first 25O5
ieet then 80 feet IL in. cement pipe laid So feet
deep at point of beginning I'll Deep l36 feet from
point OF beginning, 81 deep POI feet from point of
beginning and 7.S deep where it enters Fore street
sewer.
Cost OF Sewer. S33l.16
Sity's proportion .,........-.. s1lO.s0
The Portland daily press., 1887-11-05
SEWER ASSESSMENTS.
BECKETr SrRERT SEWER.

Beginning in the centre of Beckett street, 100 feet
southerly from the south line Of Congress street
thence southerly through centre Of Beckett street
667.5. feet to old sewer In Beckett street.
The first 264.5 is Of 10 in. cement pipe and the
remaining 403 feet of ~ in. cement pipe laid 7S feet
deep at point of beginning 10 deep at centre Of
Wilson street, and 10 deep at terminus.
Cost of Sewer. ss3626
City's proportion, ................ s27s.75
Sum to be assessed. ............... 5575I
The Portland daily press., 1887-11-05
CITY ADvERTIsEmENTs.

Vaughan street 275 feet to the manhole on the old
sewer at the entrance TO Orchard street. Total
length 347 feet including the two manholes built
Herewith.
The sewer is of IL inch cement pipe laid feet deep
at point Of beginning and feet at terminus.
Gnsf of - "a
The Portland daily press., 1887-11-05
s271A3
STONE STREET SEWER.

Between Cumberland and Oxford streets .1
Beginning Ia Stone street, 32 feet northerly from
the north line OF Cumberland street, and II feet
esterly from the west line of Stone street; thence
northerly through Stone street 302.5 feet to the
south line of Oxford, and centre Of Stone street;
thence northery in centre Of Stone street and
Oxford street 43 feet TO old sewer In Stone street.
Total length, 346 feet.
Sewer Z Of 10 in cement ppc, laid IA feet deep
point Of beginning rs deep, $50 feet from point Of
beginning, IA deep at south line Of Oxford street.
and 6S deep at terminus.
Cost of Sewer. .................... g340S9
City's proportion. ............ S13i.63
Sum to be assessed. d................ 263.26
The Portland daily press., 1887-11-05
CITY ADyERTrsEmENTs.
CITY OF PORTLAND.
SEWER ASSESSMENTS.
IN BOARD OF MAYOR AND ALDERMEN. l
nofohar O1fh 1907

INBoARD OF MAYOR AND ALDERMEN
October oath, 1887.
REPORT of the Committee on Drains and Sewers
The Standing Committee on Drains and Sewers to
whom was referred the construction of Sewers dur
ing the current year, having estimated and assessed
upon such lots or parcels of land are benefited by
the Sewers constructed during the year 1887, and
enumerated In the report of the City Civil Engineer
accompanying this. such sums, not exceeding such
benefits as consider Just and equitable hereby
spectfully submit the same for the action Of the
Mayor and Aldermen.
RICHARD X. galley,
Chairman Of Committee.
Read and accepted.
The Portland daily press., 1887-11-05

The Wonder Clock; or Four and Twenty
Marvellous Tales, Being One for Each Hour
of the Day. Written and ILLUSTRATED by
Howard Pyle. Embellished with verses by
Katharainc Pyle. Mr.. Pyles clever and
original work is too well known to need
fresh praise. He is an artist with pen and
pencil, and most striking and unconvention-
al in his originality. while yet he never trans
crosses the rules of art. BE can be gro
tesque and yet refined; bold and effective
with simple methods. The Wonder Clock is
even more successful than the very ingenious
Robin Hood of two years ago; and if his art
is too subtle to appeal directly to the chill
dren for whom he makes his pictures and
stories, at least it has plenty of other quail
ties which will still delight the little ones,
while their elders find equal enjoyment in
Mr.. Pyle's quaint and curious fancies. A
charming book, delightfully."- conceived and
executed, The Wonder Clock is one of the
most beautiful Holiday volumes of the sea-
son. (New York: Harper & Brothers; Port
land: Loring, Short & HARMONY
The Portland daily press., 1887-11-05

Perseverance Island, or The Robinson
Crusoe of the Nineteenth Century. By
Douglass Frazar. Illustrated. There is a
charm in the name Of Robinson Crusoe,-
whether he be Of the Nineteenth Century or
of an earlier date,-which goes straight to
every boys heart. The Crusoe Of Persever-
ance Island possesses the same unfailing in
terest as his prototype of De Foes history,
and has been so attractive that new edition
of his story is now printed. Our hero seems
to have been of scientific turn, makes gum
powder, Bessemer steel, an astrolabe, sub
marine boat, and everything else that could
be desired, even to fying-machine. OF the
manner in which he accomplished these feats
we will leave our young readers to find out
from the pages of this entertaining book
Boston: Lee & Shepard; Portland: Bailey
& Noyes)
The Portland daily press., 1887-11-05
Area assessed, 20,095 SO. #.
Rate per 100 so. III. 80 76 01-fOO-
s15315
MARION STREET SEWER.

Beginning at manhole in Marion street. 1911 feet
north OF the southery side line thereof and Is feet
east Of the easterly side line Of Lareh street
produced thence westerly through Marion street and
parallel with said side line 245 feet to east line of
washington street; thence with a curve to right 81
feet to sewer in Washington street, which it enters
on the northery side line of Marion street produced
Total length, 30 feet.
Sewer is of IL in. cement pipe laid feet deep at
point OF beginning feet at east line of Washington
street, and 81 at terminus.
Cost of Sewer. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS S2To.I5
The Portland daily press., 1887-11-05
Area assessed, 40, PA 50. IT.
Rate per 100 so. it., S0.65 4t5-1O00.
VAUGHAN STREET sEWEG LITENgON.

South Of West street.
Beginning in the centre Of Vaughan street PA
feet southery from south line OF West street, thence
northerly through centre OF Vaughan street So feet
to old sewer in Vaughan street.
Sewer is Of 10 inch cement pipe laid rs feet deep
at point Of beginning and rs deep 1t terminus.
Sost OF sewer. Se9l3
Rate per 100 50. II. so "a 576l0c0. Same as old
sewer
NAMES. AREA. RATE. AMT
Elizabeth N. Mcdonald 1917 S0.3i 576-i000 $3.50
Geo. W. Woodman...... 10000 3458
The Portland daily press., 1887-11-05

The Scottish Pulpit. From the Reforma-
tion to the Present Day. By William NJ.
Taylor, ID. d, LII. d. Dr. Taylor is pastor
of the Broadway Tabernacle, New York
city, and has twice held the position of ''Ly-
man Beecher Lecturer" in Yale Theological
Seminary. The present collection of SER
mons we find strong, vigorous and interest
ing, exhibiting many of the Scottish charac-
teristics. The writer does mot design giy-
ing full account Of Scottish Ecclesiastical
History, nor does he intend to furnish COM
plete biographies of the men who have been
prominent in the Scottish pulpit since the
Reformation. But simply to put the preach
ers in the environment of their times, to
bring out the characteristics by which they
are distinguished, and to give point to such
lessons from their works as may be useful in
our own life" (New York. Harper &
Brothers; Portland: Loring, Short & Har-
mon.e
The Portland daily press., 1887-11-05

A Flock of Girls and Their Friends. BY
Nora Perry. These stories are sweet and
wholesome, and just such as will not only
delight the girls, for whom they are espec-
tally written, but will do them good, body
and soul. If we only had more just such
literature for our young people the world
would be the better for it, There is a charm
The Portland daily press., 1887-11-05

Fairy Legends Of the French Provinces.
Translated by Mrs. M. Carey The folk
lore of country has naturally many of the
characteristics of its people, and is not only
amusing and entertaining to the children
who listen to these legends which have come
down by word of mouth from one generation
to another, but is valuable in itself to the
student of history These tales which Mrs.
Carey has translated have been admirably
selected from volumes of the French folk
lore journal, and from Paul Lebillot's Con
tes des Provinces de la France" published
in Paris in 1884. The translator adds to
each story note stating its sources. These
narratives, thirty-four in number, aim at
scrupulous fidelity to the original, and will
be found very interesting to young and old.
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co..
Publishers, No. 13 Astor Place.
The Portland daily press., 1887-11-05
NEW PUBLICATIONS

The Life and Times of Wendell Phillips.
BY George Lowell Austin. A new edition
has been published of Mr.. Austin's Life of
Wendell Phillips, and it will be read to-day
with more interest than when it was written.
The farther we get from period the clearer
is our view of it, for we are no longer biassed
by the excitement and enthusiasm of the
events as they are occurring. In the year
1889 Mr.. Phillips first came prominently be-
fore the public, and his biographer truly
says, 'The history of the life of such a man
is the history of his times" 1t is the histo-
ry of the anti-slavery movement in New
England. The Garrison riot" in Boston
was viewed by Phillips, and decided his fu-
ture. When he saw William Lloyd Garri-
son dragged through the streets by an iufu-
rated mob, consisting of "a thousand men
dressed in broadcloth and all the other para
phernalia of respectability," because he
dared speak in defense of the oppressed,
then his Puritan blood was stirred, and he
decided to cast his lot with the anti-slavery
people. A man who was neither politician,
nor statesman, who never cast a vote at the
polls, Wendell Phillips was eminently a pub
lie man. With his culture, scholarship, rare
7
eloquence and vigor as an orator, he would
have been strong power under any circum-
stances. Indeed his was the perfection of
oratory, and crowds who had no real SYM
pathy with his views were charmed and de-
lighted in listening to him. He practiced
the doctrine which he preached, that ''the
man of one idea is the only man who sue
ceeds, and he gave himself heart, soul and
brain, to the cause of the slave curious
episode in the career Of Mr.. Phillips was his
advocacy of the election of Gen. Butler to be
Governor of Massachusetts; and one smiles
in remembering that in speech delivered at
Salisbury Beach in 1871, he mentions ex-
Governors Brooks, Andrew and others, and
declares that when history comes to record
the great names and great services Massa-
chusetts has rendered to the nation and to
the age, she will write the name of Benjamin
f. Butler as high, if not higher, than any of
those men who have filed the Governors
chair for fifty years." Mr.. Austin takes his
subject con dm0re; his idol has no flaw and
he accepts rather blindly and in perfect faith
all of Mr.. Phillips's prejudices, and that he
had the prejudices peculiar Ito enthusiasts,
reformers, linen of one idea," must be ad-
mitted. Nevertheless he was great orator,
and man to be eminently honored. (Bos-
ton: Lee & Shepard; Portland: Loring,
Short & Harmony
The Portland daily press., 1887-11-05
VIM. A. GOODWIN,
CITY OF PORTLAND.

City cisilIEngInssr.
ober 27. 1aw3w
The Portland daily press., 1887-11-05

: A very pretty and taking book for the
young people is Juan and Juanita. By
Frances Courtenay Baylor, with Illustrations
more or less eXcellent-by Henry Land
ham. This story was originally published in
st. Nicholas, and is founded on fact. Two
Mexican children were captured by the
Indians and carried off to the Llanos Esta-
cados After spending four years in captiv-
ity they made their escape and travelled
three hundred miles through the wilds to the
frontier of Texas, when they were restored
to their mother in Mexico. How the chill
dren who read this story will delight in
these adventures Of Juan and Juanita, and
their wonderful dog; and they will get, too,
a very good idea Of the scenery and customs
Of both Indians and Mexicans.
The Portland daily press., 1887-11-05
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Area assessed, 81 ,9I6 so. IT.
Rate Dar 100 an fl SO-5g q2-fOO
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-08-25
Obliging Mexican Clerks.

Mexican ladies even shop in their carriages,
and compel the clerks to bring out to tho
curbstone the goods they wished to look at
A row of carriages damned close together be-
fore fashionable store, and a row of bare
headed statesmen bargaining with the occu-
pants, is a common sight, while other clerks
rush to and fro in a frenzy Of excitement,
bringing out box after box and piece after
piece of goods, matching shades, samples,
trimmings, etc. Only servants and foreign
ers stand at the counters to buy. In few Of
the stores the merchants have fitted up pri-
vate parlors, where ladies may sit, if they
like, and have the goods brought to them
but even this is considered questionable. 1"
Shopping is serious undertaking here, for
merchants never classify their goods, but keep
silks and ccttons, woolens and linens mixed
up together on their shelves in the widest
confusion. II you step into a store and ask
for a pain of gloves nobody has any idea
where the dnd you require are TO he found,
and a grand search commences. The Oblig-
ing clerks tumble over drawers in which are
shoes and ribbons, bustleS, laces, perfumery,
and what not until the desired articles are
discovered.-COr. Troy Times.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-08-25

| can scarce imagine more amusing social
affectation than that which excited my at
tention the other evening at small dinner
party given by some intensely swell people
on Commonwealth avenue. 1t was a very
formal affair-rather stiff, indeed, than other
wise-but one feature of the entertainment
was sufficiently remarkable to merit de
scription. There are two children in the fam
lily, girl and boy of 10 and II years respec
lively. Very naturally, they were not given
seats at the table, but they were present
nevertheless. The cherubs stood at either end
of the festive board throughout the long re
past, the boy leaning upon his mothers shoul
der and the girl reclining gracefully upor
that Of her father. The attitude of each was
studied-doubtless the result of fatiguine
drill-and, at intervals, they Joined in the
general conversation, somewhat as follows:
The hostess would introduce the discussion
of Mr.. Browning's poetry, and, after each
one of the guests had expressed an opinion,
favorable or otherwise, regarding that gentle,
mans verses, she would refer the matter
laughingly to her "little daughter, "and the lat
ter, being primed with an appropriate speech,
would spring the same, with charming mai.
vete, upon the assembled company. OF
course, the infantile bon mot would elicit
applause, whereat the artless ingenue would
hide modest blush upon her papa's bosom.
Next came the boys turn to utter an i'm
promptu witticiSm-received with such ex
pressions as "DOOsid clevah, by JOveT etc
and so on, until the ladies took their de-
parture, when the Kindergarten was retired
TO the nursery, and the men, with a sigh Of
relief, betoOk themselves TO their cigars
Boston Globe.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-08-25
Ki..Inr on tn. star..

There Is nothing more talked about In the
atrical circles than the kissing OF Charles
Coghlan and Mrs Langtry in Lady Clan.
carty." 10 was so deliberate, 90 utterly OBJ
hvious Of the big fiddle, 30 unconscious Of the
bass drum. The seemingly rapturous kissing
that Emma Abbott used 10 bsstow on Castle
never stirred a hair ON Husband wethsrells
head. The kissing Of Mary Anderson was
the most transparent make believe In the
world When Clara Morris used 10 kiss
Charley Thorne In Camille" she would take
him on his knees before her, mus his hair,
deyour him with loving looks, dip down upon
his face. and kiss him lingeringly On bis nose,
10 his intense amusement When Rignold
was in the country be awoke the town kissing
Susan when he played William. The women
in the audience used 10 admire, but Susan
suffered. Rignold was wiry, red bearded
man, who shaved twice a week and no oftener
He would powder the stubble on his face till
his complexion was lovely, but poor SuSanI
section Of sandpaper coald have hurt no
worse. When he got home from sea in the
play and met Susan she would fy into his
arms very much as the victim sentenced TO
the inquisition to undergo the virgins kiss
knowing she had TO and was going 10 get
huTt nc "ouiu horu tnat poor glfls head
back, make rush, kiss both eyes, root sec
ond under her ear, and then kiss her straight
in the mouth, and all the while this adjacent
field Of cheek and mound Of chin were taking
of her cuticle like a nutmeg Crater.
But this kiss of Coghlan's Is realistic. The
remarks it ELECTS are funny. The other night,
as the lingering kiss was pressed upon the up.
turned mouth Of the famous Lily. a lady said,
with a sigh: what pity it's in a play. 4"
An old fellow, who looked through a pair Of
glasses and over lot OF gray chin whiskers,
just as Horace Greeley used to do, slapped
his leg with big freckled hand, and ejacu-
lated: "WhewP Everybody laughed almost
as much as they did another night when
small boy, half over the gallery rail, cried,
just as Coghlans lips met Langtry's: Let
her go, Gallag herl"-New York Sun
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-08-25
The Ballet In Paris.

There are 1l5 women and girls in the ballet
corps Of the Paris Grand Opera house. Ten
are stars, ten are first subjects, twenty two
second subjects; there are three divisions of
cOryphees or leaders divided into four sec
tiOns; the walkers" and the infant class.
The pupils receive forty cents each time they
appear, the young ladies of the quadrilles
from $50 to $40 a month, the coryphees from
$50 to $50, the subjects, or those who dance
steps outside the ensemble figures, $50 to $500,
and the stars from 5000 to 5000 per year.
In former times stars were paid higher
salaries. For example: Taglioni received
1920 a year; Fannie Ellsler, $1,000; Carlotta
Grisi, 8, 400; La Cerito, 5000, and La Rosetta,
$4,000. The organization of the grand opera
ballet dates from 17l3, and was decreed by
Louis XIV, who wrote with his own hand the
regulations for the first ballet norps.-Detroit
Free Press.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-08-25
A Russian Generals Suicide,

A Russian general INDUCING In the curious
name Of Kork, In command at Warsaw, COM
mitted suicide the other day. In note which
he left behind him he stated that his son,
Lieut.. Kork, had been arrested a short time
before for being implicated in conspiracy,
with several of his brother officers, to kill the
car. 81 know" added the hsartbroken
father, "how such criminals are treated In
our country. know what tortures they are
compelled to undergo, and l fear lest my son,
in a moment Of weakness, may be induced to
make pretended revelations which may COM
promise me and threaten life passed In the
service Of the car. will not submit to such
fate and put an end to my own existence
with the solemn declaration that have ever
been the eiIperor's faithful servant. Paris
Cor. New York Graphic
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-08-25
PERSONAL GOSSIP.

Mrs. Msckay allows herself lO4 new
gowns a year.
Baroness COutts Will visit this coun-
try in the autumn.
Scott wrote best while children were
playing around him.
Gov. Buckner will be inaugurated on
tue Both Of this month.
Henry Willard and family are at Sha-
ron Springs for the season.
Most of the newly discovered letters
OF Leibnitz are autographs.
Eli Perkins wife ia said long since to
have lost ell confidence IN msu.
The artist story has recently been the
guest of Robert Browning, at st. MOlitZ,
In Switzerland.
Ex-Governor Hoadly Is building q
$4,000 residence in F.itieth street, near
Madison avenue, New York.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Dudley Warner,
OF Hartford, are spending few weeks
at the White Mountains.
Mrs. Rose Hawthorne Lstbrop hes
written story for the next number Of
The American Magazine.
mary Anderson has been parting wit
$4,000 OF her cash to purchase property
IN Manchester, England.
Alexander Dumas has nearly COM
pleted a new comedy, which he hopes to
have ready for pro auction this winter.
The equestrian statue OF Gen. Meade
is being set up In Paramount Park, Phil
adelphla, and will be unveiled October
10th.
A map of the world, 1929, before Hen
drick Hudson was born, shows the river
which Hudson is generally believed to
have discovered.
Gen. A. w. Greedy, Of the weather bu-
reau, Is at Block Island as the guest of
Justice Samuel F. Miller, of the U. s.
supreme court.
The widow of the late Wilbur +.
Storey says she is determined to get
possession Of the Chicago Times and run
1t for season, after which she will be
ready to sell it.
Prof. Spencer +. Baird, of the Smith
sonian institute, who died the other day,
was the author OF more than 200 books,
pamphlets and publications of various
kinds.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-08-25
BLOOD POISON.

Three years ago contracted blood poison.
applied 10 physician nj once and his treat.
Inent came near killing me. | employed an
old physician and then went 10 KY. / then
went to Hot Springs and remained two months,
but nothing seemed TO cure me permanently,
although temporary relief was given me. My
condition grew desperate and applied 20 a
noted quack, but | did not improve. then
used u preparation which was prescribed
gratis" but IL contained too much alcohol
and aggravated my sntferlngs. ! then placed
myself under the treatment OF n noted Nash
vile ply stefan and for a time was benefited,
but by fall ! returned home n ruined man,
physically and financially with but little pros
poets Of ever getting well. My money being
exhausted, | did not know what to do. III
May, 1870 my mother persuaded me TO get a
bottle Of u ID. B made In Atantal and did
so to crafty her, but TO my utter astOnish-
ment had not finished the first bottle before
every ulcer had been healed.
To the present time have used i've bottles
and have received morc benefit than from all
the rest combined; and I am satisfied that u.
Is. H. IL the most wonderful blood purifier ever
before known, and ! urge all afflicted young
men To try one single bottle and bc convinced.
can truly say think IT the best medicine In
the world. 4. T. HALLIBURTON.
Macon, Ca. May I, loSi.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-08-25
A Valuable Sanitary Patent.

The latest and best sanitary Improvement
out is the "Carrico Patent Dry Clubhouse"
and appliances Herewith. 1t is dry, neat and
OdOrless, and may he constructed within a
few feet of a well, without the least danger of
communicating the waters therein.
Mr.. John Cavanaugh is now exhibiting this
valuable improvement and taking orders for
the erection of the same. He is also intro
ducing the Evans Patent Pitting and Stop
Barrel" and other valuable sanitary appa-
ratuses. ANY orders given Mr.. Cavhnaugh,
No 26 LosOyO street, telephone 394, or left at
my Office, 9l2 Avenue D. VIII receive prompt
attention. L7-l2-lml T.W CAHRICO.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-08-25

The critics say the "art movement" is very
backward this season; but the critics don't
seem to be posted. When a NorrstOwn wo-
man goes to Philadelphia on $40 shopping
tour, she returns home carrying several hun.
dred more plaques, photographs and other
art objects than she received with her pur
chases a year ago.-Norristown Herald.